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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Regular City Counal M eeting M onday, June 29, 2009 Excerpt from M eeting M inutes Attachment B D i scussi on among Counci I members and presenters i ncl uded the need to remove some veg�ation and mature tree,s for construction of the noise wall, with further consi derati on for retai ni ng as many as possi bl e; costs for noi se wal I constructi on built into the project, with no cost to the city; acoustical effectiveness versus the aesth�i cs of a 20 foot wal I; di stance vari ati ons of f i rst row properti es dependi ng on topography and most effective location of the wall; and benefits to those properti es i n noi se I evel reducti ons. Further discussion included if property owners needed to be individually surveyed as a next step i n the process i f there was not a cl e�ar i ndi cati on f rom toni ght' s Publ i c He�ari ng; and me�asurement of the 20 fee� i n rel ati on to the I evel of the hi ghway dependi ng on topography. 15 M ayor K I ausi ng opened the Publ i c H e�ari ng at 8:04 p.m. to rec� ve publ i c 16 comment on the proposed constructi on of a noi se wal I al ong H i ghway 36 as a part 17 of the Ri ce Street I nterchange Proj ect. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Public Comment For the record, Ci ty M anager M al i nen noted recei pt of mai l ed, tel ephone, and/or �mailed comment for tonight's mee�ing, with those in favor being 5 in number and those agai nst bei ng 2 i n number. M ike Bawden, south side af H ighway 36, 311 County Road B M r. Bowden a�lced i f there woul d be an i ncr�ase i n noi se on the south si de of the hi ghway i f the noi se wal I was bui I t on the north si de. M r. Toml i nson responded that M nDOT had performed f i el d studi es based on that concern, and responded that there was no noti ce�abl e i ncrease to the opposi te si de wi th constructi on of the noi se wal I; and that the f requency or type of noi se coul d change, butwouldn't incr�aseperceptively. Jefif Pedro, 2252 M arion Street (behind Calibre Ridge) M r. Pedro eacpressed concern i n I osi ng tree.s or vegetati on b�ween the wal I and thei r I ocati on; however, opi ned that the trees woul d conti nue to grow to bl ock out the wal I, and overal I was supporti ve of the noi se wal I, and proposed I ocati on. 39 De�an Stubbe, 345 Capital View 40 Mr. Stubbe eacpr�sed his wholehearted support of the wall; and opined that it 41 woul d hel p w i th noi se and ai r pol I uti on as wel I. 42 43 44 45 Ray M cDonald, 2241 M arion Street M r. M cDonal d advi sed that the normal humdrum ti re noi se were not a probl em, but eacpr� annoyance wi th bi g trucks and massi ve ti re noi se, i ncl udi ng thei r Page 2 of 5